April 15th, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, art, music
1. Hot Chip performed at the 9:30 club last Friday. They were very good but not great. I mean I was really impressed that they (meaning the six members of HC) could play so tightly - the rhythms were on par and it was definitely an upbeat and lively show. But I guess because […]
April 8th, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, art, museums, music
Last Friday, the Hirshhorn Museum hosted their After Hours party featuring live performances by Hooliganship , Lucky Dragons, and DJ Solomon. I arrived about an hour after the doors opened, and was pleased to see how many people came out to see art in DC — and how many people were dressed up. I immediately procured […]
April 7th, 2008 | by admin | published in art, design, shopping
I have enough of my own weird obsessions to appreciate the fact that other people can get really into random things. Lately, I’ve been seeing moleskine notebooks everywhere on the internet. On Etsy, you can purchase customized moleskines for not much more than the original notebook themselves.
Shoofly offers gocco-printed covers.
Keykalou has even designed some pretty […]
April 2nd, 2008 | by admin | published in art, cities, creative economy, economic development
Denver has been awarded a $2 million grant to fund the creation of the “Biennal of the Americas”, which the city hopes will attract cultural tourism and create a mecca for the arts on par with San Paolo and Venice (both locations host their own prestigious and internationally acclaimed contemporary art events) . Denver’s recent […]
April 1st, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, art, museums
The Library of Congress has uploaded tons of images taken between 1910 - 1940. Some of my favorites are shown here:
